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Welcome to the WABDaB!

Welcome to the West African Bird DataBase, WABDaB, a not-for-profit effort that aims to further the knowledge about, and conservation of, birds in West Africa. Read more...

March 2018: Five species new to Niger 19 Mar 2018 [JBr]
Please excuse the long delay since the previous blog. Recently just over 1.000 records by Robert Dowsett and Françoise Dowsett-Lemaire from Park W-Niger have been added, mostly dating from 2016 and 2017. We are very grateful for th... Read more...

April 2017: Common Rock Thrush, new for Burkina Faso 17 Apr 2017 [JBr]
Two expeditions to study the relationships between birds and trees in the Sahel, especially palearctic migratory birds, visited Burkina Faso in Jan-Feb 2016 and Niger in Nov-Dec 2016. The expeditions were executed on behalf of BirdLife The Neth... Read more...

March 2017: Common Crane new species for Chad 05 Apr 2017 [JBr]
The WABDaB received 923 new records this past month, more or less evenly divided between Niger and Chad. Those from Niger include the first records of River Prinia and Greater Swamp Warbler from the Dallol Bosso. Those from Chad include t... Read more...